Fantasy Island

I think this movie might have more of a following among younger people who have never heard of the original Fantasy Island, but I doubt it.  The original T.V. show featured Mr. Roark and his mysterious butler ( assisstant? helper?) Tatoo.  Mr. Roark granted guests a wish of some kind that usually ended up teaching them a moral lesson.  They always left the island wiser, happier and very much alive.  This new version captures none of the charm of the original.  The new Mr. Roark is played by Michael Pena. I have liked him in many roles; but he’s no Ricardo Montalban, he’s just plain miscast.   He has a female assisstant who tells Mr. Roark when the plane with the guests has arrived.  The movie goes right off any relation to the original, and  completely downhill, from there.  Eventually we find out that Mr. Roark is not granting any wishes- it is the Fantasy Island itself that is sort of controlling the action via some funky water found in a cave in the heart of the island.  Unlike the original, guests can and do get hurt, and even killed.  Welcome guests, to Murder Island! But this is no Rated R horror movie, more like a cheapo  SciFi channel schlockfest.  The acting isn’t great and the plot is almost funny (but it isn’t trying to be), and more than almost murky and overly complex. *****SPOILER ALERT*****  Don’t read any further if you plan on seeing this movie in the theatre (you aren’t, are you?)  How is this for poor writing?  At the end of the movie Mr. Roark ends up with a new aide, who has become doomed to remain on this island. He is played by Jimmy O. Yang.  Mr. Roark wonders what he should call his new assistant.  It is decided he will go by the tattoo he got on his shoulder in college.  What does the tattoo say?  Tattoo of course!  Clever? Not really.